Oscar Piastri F1 title fight advantage highlighted: 'That's scary for Lando Norris'

2016 F1 champion Nico Rosberg believes Oscar Piastri has “no weaknesses” in the ongoing title fight, a prospect that is “scary” for McLaren team-mate Lando Norris.

Piastri holds a 16-point lead over Norris in the battle for the championship, a margin he extended following his victory at the Belgian Grand Prix last weekend.

The Australian has taken a notable step forward this year, having been outpaced by Norris across their first two seasons together at McLaren.

His progression has taken Rosberg by surprise, who suggested Piastri is better equipped to win the title this year.

“Oscar is super strong. He has surprised me,” Rosberg told the Sky F1 podcast.

“We all knew he was a great driver, but last year, Lando still had the edge. This year, Oscar is just incredibly solid, strong and fast.

“There are no weaknesses there, which is a bit scary for Lando, because Lando does have weaknesses.”

Piastri took his sixth win of the season last weekend at Spa-Francorchamps after completing an early-race overtake on his team-mate in wet conditions.

In the latter stages of the grand prix, Norris closed in on Piastri, but a handful of mistakes hurt his pursuit.

“You saw them [mistakes] again in Spa, you saw them at the restart,” Rosberg added. “He made three big mistakes in trying to catch Oscar, three times.

“He was off in Pouhon, he locked up in the Turn 1 and there’s another one that I can’t remember.

“There were three major mistakes which cost him up to four seconds of race time, which was exactly the difference between having a shot at fighting for the win in the last lap of the race or not.

“That’s always his weakness. He keeps on making little mistakes.

“It’s really impressive what Oscar is doing, and not easy for Lando to not easy to win this.”